photphos light Greek light phototrophic phosphorescent photogenic photograph

phot/phos = light (Greek– light) phototrophic phosphorescent photogenic photograph, photogenic, photosynthesis

luc = light (Latin– light) lucid elucidate translucent luster, luna

spec/spect = to look at (Latin– to look at) circumspect prospecter specimen, spectator, aspect, conspicuous

vid/vis = to see, to look (Latin– to see, to look) invidious providential improvise video, visit, vision, vista

nunc/nounc (Latin to announce) enunciate renounce pronouncement announce

voc/vok (Latin to call) invoke provocative revoke vocal

fa (Latin to speak) ineffable infantile affable fame

dic/dict (Latin to say, to tell) edict indictum dictionary

hib/hab (Latin to have, to hold) prohibit inhibit

fus/found (Latin to pour out) suffuse confound infuse

ten/tain/tin (Latin to hold) sustain abstain tenacious retinue

ple (Latin to fill) replete implement deplete

form (Latin to form, to establish) misinformation reformative

apt/ept (Latin to fit) inept adept aptitude

pos/pon (Latin to put, to place) posit impose disposition

fig (Latin to shape) figment effigy prefigure

LEGA Latin-to appoint, to send on a mission, to charge with legacy, delegate

ACT/AG Latin-to do, act agenda, proactive, exacting

PULS/PEL Latin-to push repulsion, dispel, propel

LAT Latin-brought, carried relative, superlative, dilate

CHANT/CANT Latin-to sing, to call recant, incantation, disenchanted

AUD Latin-to hear inaudible, auditory, audit

SON Latin-to sound dissonance, assonance, resonant

LOG Latin-to speak, to reason analogous, dialogue, prologue

BELL Latin-war bellicose, antebellum, belligerence

AM Latin-love, friend enamored, amiable, amicable

AGON Greek- contest, struggle antagonize, protagonist, antagonist

PHIL Greek – love philosophical, philanthropy, bibliophile

PED Latin- foot impediment, expedient, pedestrian

PED Greek-child pedant, pedagogue

VEST Latin- clothing travesty, vested, vestment, divest

CORPOR/CORPU Latin- body corporeal, corpulent, incorporate

UNI Latin-one uniform, unison, unanimous

MONO Greek-one monologue, monopolize, monogamy, monolithic

HOMO Greek-the same homonym, homogenized

EQUI Latin-equal, even equitable, equilibrium, iniquity

BEN Latin-well, good benevolent, benefactor, benign

CORD Latin-heart accord, discord, cordial

ANIM Latin-spirit animosity, equanimity, magnanimous

MAL Latin-bad dismal, malevolent, malicious

JUR Latin-to swear, to vow perjury, abjure, conjure

DOMIN Latin-to rule, to dominate predominant, domineering, indomitable

CRAT/CRAC Latin-to rule/power aristocracy, theocracy, bureaucrat

LEG Latin-law legitimize, privileged, legislative

RAP Latin-to snatch, greedy, devouring rapacious, rapt, surreptitious

CEP Latin-seize, take perceptible, susceptible, precept

VOR Latin-to eat voracious, omnivorous, herbivorous

CAS/CAD Latin-to fall decadent, cadence, casualty

FLU Latin-to flow affluent, superflous, mellifluous

LEV Latin-light leaven, levity, allbeviate

LAPS Latin-slip, slide elapse, collapse, relapse

CED Latin-to move along, to go recede, concession, cede

SEQUI/SEC Latin-to follow inconsequential, consecutive, execution

CUR/COUR Latin-to run courier, incur, recurrent

GRAD Latin-to step gradualism, regress, digress

AMBL/AMBUL Latin-to walk amble, ambulatory, preamble

JUNCT Latin: to join enjoin, injunction, rejoinder

PART Latin: part inpartial, partisan, impart

CLUS/CLUD Latin: to close inclusive, inconclusive, preclude

CIS Latin: to cut precise, indecisive, incision

META Greek: changed, beyond metabolism, metamorphosis, metaphorical

AL Latin: other, another inalienable, alienate, alias

ALTER Latin: other alteration, alternate, altercation

SIMUL Latin: to imitate, to appear to be simulate, dissemble, semblance

MORT Latin: death immortalize, morbid, mortify, moribund

NEC/NOX/NIC Latin: to hurt, kill noxious, pernicious

BIO Greek: life biodegradable, symbiotic, antibiotic

VIV Latin: to live vivacious, vivid, revival

COGN Latin: to know incognito, cognitive, cognizant

SOPH Greek: wise sophisticate, sophistry, sophomoric

NOMEN Latin: name nominal, denomination, nomenclature

ONYM Greek: name synonymous, antonym

MATR Latin-mother matron, maternal, matriculate

PATR Latin-father patronize, paternal, patricide, expatriate

FIL Latin-son, child filial, affiliate

GEN Latin-give birth to, create progenitor, progeny, genealogy

MAGN Latin-large, great magnitude, magnate

MAXIM Latin-largest, greatest maxim

MIN Latin-less diminish, miniscule, minute

MICRO Greek-small microscopic, microcosm

MEGA Greek-large megalopolis, megalomaniac